ABOUT US

SAYER RIPPEY
Associate Attorney

My name, Sayer, means “victory for the people,” and I was raised in a family with strong values rooted in collective power and mutual aid.  I am passionate about workers’ rights and  understand the power imbalance when a dispute puts one party’s livelihood on the line.

I grew up overseas, in Guinea, Morocco, and Uganda, before moving to Portland, Oregon in high school.  I then went to Oberlin College where I majored in Computer Science, before coming back to the Pacific Northwest to settle in Seattle.  I received my J.D. from the University of Washington School of Law, where I served as the Associate Editor-in-Chief of the Washington Law Review, won regional and national awards for oral advocacy and brief writing, served as a board member of OutLaws and the Incarcerated Mothers Advocacy Project, and graduated in the top 10% of my class.

I have been focused on direct client advocacy since my first year of law school, when I worked at the Unemployment Law Project, representing Washington workers in unemployment related administrative hearings.  After law school, I had the honor of clerking for both Judge Lori K. Smith and Judge Stephen J. Dwyer at the Washington State Court of Appeals.  Over the course of my legal career I have also represented parents and youth in dependency and parental termination proceedings, injured clients in personal injury cases, and tenants in disputes with their landlords. The common thread is my desire to be a strong advocate for individuals facing scary situations and powerful institutions.  

I live on a farm in Randle, Washington, with my family, including two children.

ADMISSIONS

• Washington State Bar Association

• Federal District Court for the Western District of Washington

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